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So scared my kids are gonna burn the house down

Every day they leave for school, I go to their rooms and bathrooms and make sure all 3 of their hair straighteners are off. We had an incident one day where one of them left it on & I had to turn around to go turn it off. I was about half an hour away from home, so irritating.. and terrified it was burning the house down the whole way. lol

So that's my morning tradition.. anybody else do that? If not, you might want to start.

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.

My kids are biracial (black/white), and I wish they would leave their hair natural. It's beautiful & curly, but they hate it with a passion. They pretty much don't leave the house unless it's straightened.

(Your hair is beautiful btw.)

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.

My oldest daughter and I have that hair too, but we do straighten ours sometimes. She's too young to use the flat iron herself though, and I always make 1000% sure I turn it off and unplug it when we're done with it.

I had to turn around and go back home once because I suddenly remembered I forgot the straightener. I am now in the habit of unplugging, wrapping it up and putting it away so I know it's off. Maybe before they walk out the door the three straighteners need to be in a basket in a centralized location that you could do a quick check and make sure they are off.

My kids wouldn't be using the straightener anymore until they could be more responsible. Of course my kids get along well enough we only need to use one not three.

As I stated in another reply, we've only had 2 incidents in over 3 years, so that's not too bad. I'm just paranoid.

And the reason we have 3 straighteners is not an issue of getting along, it's an issue of having enough time to get ready. They would have to get up an hour earlier if I made them all use the same straightener--I'd rather give them an extra hour of sleep and buy 3 straighteners--so I did!

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.

Also, a little video games never hurt.

by Anonymous 1
on Aug. 11, 2014 at 7:16 AM

Ah, ok. 2 isn't so bad. But yeah, I am the same way. I will check the stove and my hair straightener multiple times before I leave the house. I still hate leaving a crock pot on with us gone, even though I know it's fine. Do you have all girls? I can imagine daily life with 3, 2 of them teens. I cannot even imagine my 5 year old dd that age. Lol

Quoting teenkabear:

Quoting Anonymous:

How old are they? I'd be a mean mom and take them if they keep forgetting.

11, 13, & 14. We've only had 2 incidents in over 3 years, so that's not too bad. But I'm paranoid by nature, so... lol

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